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Doctor of Doom DVD
Gorgeous ladies of wrestling fight crime and monsters In Mexico, horror movies had always been a minor genre, mostly content to import Hollywood’s monster epics while only producing a few Old Dark House and ghost story pictures domestically. All that … Continue reading
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Tagged black & white, brain surgery, DVD, K. Gordon Murray, Lorena Velázquez, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Mexico, monster, Movie, Rene Cardona, Review, superhero, supervillain, wrestling
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Mystery Men
All In Color for $5.25 (matinees) The Flaming Carrot is cartoonist Bob Burden’s most original and inspired creation, but that big carrot mask must’ve scared off facetime-loving Hollywood, so his second greatest creation gets the movie treatment instead.
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, adaptation, Ben Stiller, comedy, explosions, fantasy, gadgetry, Geoffrey Rush, ghosts, Greg Kinnear, Hank Azaria, invisible, Janeane Garofalo, Kinka Usher, mad laboratory, mad scientist, metropolis, Paul Reubens, superhero, supervillain, Tom Waits, Wes Studi, William H. Macy
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Inspector Gadget
Go Go to Hell In essence, Disney kid flicks haven’t changed that much. Films like Inspector Gadget aren’t much different than Million Dollar Duck or The Monkey’s Uncle with several million bucks of special effects thrown in.
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, adaptation, comedy, cops & robbers, cyborg, Disney, evil twin, explosions, Fred Williamson, gadgetry, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Matthew Broderick, Movie, murder, Review, robot, Rupert Everett, sci-fi, superhero
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Black Mask
Jet Black When Jackie Chan finally became a star in America, there was a rush to retool and release his back catalogue, with mixed results. Now that his role in Lethal Weapon 4 has raised awareness of Jet Li, we … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged blood, corpses, Daniel Lee, explosions, gore, gun fu, heads roll, Hong Kong, Jet Li, kung fu, Movie, Review, sci-fi, super soldier, superhero, supervillain
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ElectroBabe and DynaChick
Spand-X-Women In the mid-1970s, Sid & Marty Krofft were kings of Saturday morning TV. Their animated and live-action shows were top rated (as was their prime time Donny & Marie Show). Noting the popularity of superhero shows like Shazam! at … Continue reading
Posted in Review, VHS
Tagged backyard, comedy, gadgetry, mad laboratory, mad scientist, robot, superhero, supervillain, VHS
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The Matrix
One Pill Makes You Bigger, the Other Makes You Small As any SubGenius knows, the normal world is an illusion. Those with the gift can see through the veil and see the wondrous and horrifying reality lurking beneath the surface. … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, Carrie-Anne Moss, explosions, future, gadgetry, gun fu, hacker, helicopter, Hugo Weaving, Keanu Reeves, kung fu, Laurence Fishburne, metropolis, monster, Movie, psychic phenomena, Review, robot, sci-fi, superhero, supervillain, Wachowski, zap guns
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Blade
Cutting Edge The curse is broken! Until now, every film based on a Marvel Comics character has turned out mediochre at best. Some of them have been downright horrible. Here at last we have one that’s not just decent – … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged adaptation, blood, explosions, gun fu, heads roll, horror, kung fu, mad laboratory, monster, Movie, psycho killer, Review, Stephen Norrington, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Tracy Lords, Udo Kier, vampire, Wesley Snipes
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The Avengers
How Now Brown Cow? Well, not so good, if you’re a dedicated fan of the Avengers TV series. Watching it on television 30 years ago, we all had the benefit of discovering a show that’s main virtue was charm, wrapped … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, explosions, killer robot bees, killer teddy bears, kung fu, mad scientist, Movie, mutant clone, Patrick Macnee, Ralph Fiennes, Review, robot, Sean Connery, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Uma Thurman
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The Mask of Zorro
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Anthony Hopkins as Zorro? They’re not kidding, and the versatile star of such films as Silence of the Lambs and Howard’s End acquits himself surprisingly well as the Robin Hood of Old California. Wearing a thick layer of bronzer to … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, explosions, heads roll, kung fu, L.Q. Jones, Martin Campbell, Movie, Review, superhero, swordplay, vehicle chase, whip
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Her Name is Cat
Hisssss! You might think from the title of this Hong Kong action item that you’d found a new episode in the Jade Leung Black Cat series, but such is not the case.
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Tagged action, assassin, blood, Clarence Ford, explosions, gun fu, Hong Kong, kung fu, Michael Wong, Movie, murder, psycho killer, Review, superhero, supervillain, Wong Jing
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